basically i have access to complete and abandoned s4 t2.
and i have a s5 n/a

basically i am going to make a racecar as the rx7 has been replaced as a daily.
my question is should i swap everything from the t2 over the the n/a chassis?
or just try like hell to make the t2 run again and use that as a race car platform?

the n/a currently is not emissions legal
racecar will not be either.


not really sure what i would do with 2 rx7's anyways.

 

Can you afford two RX-7s?

I was in the same/similar situation twice! The first time, I had my daily 91 NA and then magically got a non running S4 T2. After failing to maintain/afford both cars at the same time, I took all of the turbo parts off the T2 and swap them to my 91.

Eventually, for one reason or another, I ended up with another 90 NA, and after a couple of years of use; I too got the hint that properly maintaining/caring for two RX-7 at the same time is not for the people with light pockets.

If you can realistically afford them, by all means keep them both If not, do the swap and dont look bad.

BTW - Swaps are not for the faint of heart either, and doing it properly cost $$$

 

yeah i wont be doing it for a few months as i prepare.
basically gonna change everything over.
then part out the rest of the t2 then and keep extras.
but it would be nice to have both but not sure if its worth the headache trying to get the t2 to work again.

 

the TII platform chassis will make for a much better circuit car.. otherwise you will find later on that you will be swapping everything out from the TII anyways, which is much more work than just building it in the first place.

 

what's the condition of the Turbo II car? If its bad, do a s5 turbo n/a. High comp turbo ftw.

 

Are you saying that the frame is better on the TII even tho you swap everything? I know that the suspension and diff is really different on a TII but I taught that's it. I am referring only to the platform related things, no mechanical here...

 

If the N/A car is super clean, dent free, rust free, has after market suspension, wheels and everything except a powerfull engine, than doing a swap from an abandoned TII is wise. Rebuilding everything on the TII and removing rust will be as much pain in the *** than swapping everything on the other car assuming it's clean. (Also assuming that abandoned car are in far from good condition).

As stated before, a swap also include a lot of rebuilding, inspecting, cleaning. A race car is a lot of maintenance, you never stop the need to upgrade and you'll be breaking thing constantly (or the wear will occur faster than on a daily driven car). So from that point of view, you better have a well tuned and maintained race car, than two not bad RX-7, especially that you now have a daily driver... Unless you have deep pockets! Anyway, even if you have an ultimately nice amount of money to spend on the 7, having the time to baby two cars (3 with the daily) can be an issue.

From my experience, no matter what, building over the cleanest of the two will save you time and money.

(I am still waiting for Karack to comment on the chassis tho)

 

i am planning on buying full coilover suspension and stuff.
the only thing bad on the n/a is mechanical stuff which is why it might be better to swap everything over anyways rather than fix it all.

i wasnt aware of any difference in body differences if there are any.

 

Brakes (in some cases) and wheels.